In Canada, it rose from 5.9 per cent in February 2008 to
a peak of 8.7 per cent in August 2009, while in the United States it rose
from 4.4 per cent in May 2007 to a peak of 10 per cent in October 2009.
Since 2010, unemployment rates have gradually fallen in both Canada and
the United States, reaching 7.2 per cent and 6.7 per cent, respectively, in
December 2013.